Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Brian Kerg is among the greatest Marines I know. He combines kindness, humility, and a tremendous intellect with exactly the kind of ferocity, warfighting acumen, and physical fitness that the self-appointed "alpha males" imagine for themselves. As ever, thoughtful and well-reasoned for USNI. 11911
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm no economist but I'm pretty sure this is less than ideal. 181
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Any servicemember in Korea, Bahrain, or Japan that has watched as we ratcheted up tensions with grade schools, families and golden retrievers under the guns of our adversary has wondered, “How viable is this footprint in the missile age?” Now everybody knows. 0214
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Excellent thread from @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social —> 0174
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026So the Coast Guard has finally redeployed the cutters formerly tasked to Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), moving them from Bahrain to Singapore and the Philippines. 193
Reposted by Blake HerzingerWar on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The Navy wants 30 unmanned vessels in the Indo-Pacific by 2030. It still has no plan for fixing them there. warontherocks.com/broken-drone...warontherocks.comBroken Drone, Far from Home: The Case for Overseas Autonomous System SustainmentIt’s 2028, and the Fujian carrier strike group has just left Yulin, China, for an unknown destination. The U.S. Navy’s “Hedge Strategy” has let commanders 074
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"As the protective value of physical distance erodes, strategic depth — once conceived in geographical terms — must now be measured in the resilience of data and compute.” @bdherzinger.bsky.social 0154
Reposted by Blake HerzingerGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026ok this is really good but compute is not a noun 5351
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Really pleased to make a return to @warontherocks.bsky.social, arguing for a new concept - digital strategic depth. warontherocks.com/cogs-of-war/...warontherocks.comGathering Clouds: Building Digital Strategic Depth in the Compute AgeThe wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed a strategic reality that military planners are only beginning to confront: In a data-centric age, 2165
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 04/07/2026“My country right or wrong: when right, to be kept right, when wrong, to be put right.” - Major General Carl Schurz 🇺🇸 28119
Reposted by Blake HerzingerYCAPS - Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies @ycaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2026📕YCAPS is pleased to announce the Alliance Handbook Series with the usstudiescentre.bsky.social 1) US-Japan @marsecbradford.bsky.social @mikebosack.bsky.social 2) Australia-Japan @mikebosack.bsky.social 3) US- Australia @bdherzinger.bsky.social Access below👇 www.ycaps.org/alliance-han... 071
Reposted by Blake HerzingerSeva @seva.bsky.social · 26/12/2025this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade 3836721057
Reposted by Blake HerzingerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025It's an unusual form of isolationism... 2328574
Reposted by Blake HerzingerSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/12/2025New post out: @ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...samf.substack.comThe State and the SoldierHow should the US military react to a "unprincipled principal"? 29036
Reposted by Blake HerzingerJake Werner @jwdwerner.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Information Office of the PRC State Council furiously scribbling down notes on how you roll out the public announcement of a blockade 1309
Reposted by Blake HerzingerBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/12/2025wrote this week about a topic there's surprisingly little coverage of in the United States even in think tanks focused on the Chinese military: the everyday lives of Chinese soldiers. foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/16/c...foreignpolicy.comWhat’s It Like to Be a Chinese Soldier?Behind the parades, recruits face long deployments, strict rules, and limited opportunities. 15551103
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 17/12/2025*looking for the land Venezuela stole from the United States*media.tenor.coma man wearing a yellow shirt with the letter a on the frontALT: a man wearing a yellow shirt with the letter a on the front 2235
Reposted by Blake HerzingerNK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 17/12/2025“The white paper outlined this plan without deference to or even acknowledgement of U.S. sensitivities, likely putting China on a collision course with the United States in the region in the months and years ahead.” thediplomat.com/2025/12/chin...thediplomat.comChina’s 2025 White Paper on Latin America Sets the Stage for Renewed Competition With the USThe new document declared China’s intention to expand its influence on all fronts, even as the U.S. is turning its focus to the Western Hemisphere. 002
Reposted by Blake HerzingerU.S. Naval Institute @usni.org · 17/12/2025#OTD 1907: The Great White Fleet departs Hampton Roads, Va. to circumnavigate the world in 14 months, a journey of 43,000 miles that included 20 port calls across six continents. 24015
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 16/12/2025At least there's a solid rebuttal to that gawdawful Harrison Kass piece about getting rid of the Marine Corps thehill.com/opinion/nati...thehill.com 100
Reposted by Blake HerzingerSense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 15/12/2025China to fall out of Germany’s top five export destinations for first time since 2010 – Reuters: ‘dropping to seventh place as shipments decline 10% to 81 billion euros ($95.04 billion) this year’ ‘as imports from [China] rise more than 7% to around 168 billion euros, accounting for 12% of all’reuters.comChina to fall out of Germany's top five export destinations for first time since 2010China will fall out of Germany's top five export destinations for the first time since 2010, dropping to seventh place as shipments decline 10% to 81 billion euros ($95.04 billion) this year, a govern... 1105
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Great piece by Chris Miller: “The Trump administration’s offer of economic inducements misses the point. Russia doesn’t want a business deal, it wants Ukraine: a building block of Mr. Putin’s new sphere of control and a victory that could humiliate the West and demonstrate his great-power status."wsj.comOpinion | Putin Isn’t in It for the MoneyThat’s why he hasn’t accepted the Trump peace plan. He’s a czar, not a businessman, and he wants to swallow Ukraine. 13112
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025The man suspended enforcement of the foreign corrupt practices act for gods sake. What possible reason could you have for doing that if not “doing corruption”? 3267
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 08/12/2025My assessment of the Trump national security strategy: "it sees the United States’ adversaries as partners in that war, but it does not see how much U.S. power relies on the voluntary assistance of other countries."foreignpolicy.comThe Only War the White House Is Ready for Is Culture WarThe new U.S. National Security Strategy is a moral and strategic disaster. 628171
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Those that can erect protectionist barriers will do so. Those that cannot will be hollowed out by Beijing. 181
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Seeing a leader of the United States adopt this line is revolting. While the US remains imperfect, it is also the global leader in FDI as well as the world’s leading destination for inbound investment. China would love to have an economy like America’s. 3028047
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The thing about this is that it makes a real nice place to live. 2431
Reposted by Blake HerzingerMike Locksey vs a Head of Lettuce @convolutedname.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Dude, you're the incumbents, the only message that works for you is prices actually going down 240844
Reposted by Blake HerzingerReconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Government of posters facing a crisis: what if the solution was more posting 622522
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Everyone I know that makes something in a critical industry. Also most people I know that work on economic security issues. Argue against the implementation, the power grab by the executive, the active and apparently intentional harm to alliances, sure. 3637
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025We’re talking a lot about Korean and Japanese shipbuilding, which are excellent but I am still not clear how much capacity they have. Why isn’t shipbuilding coming up more in the public discourse around the India trade talks? 1160
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Weirdly I hear it in personal conversations with lots of people but few people are saying out loud that they think Trump’s trade policy is directionally correct, if poorly and boorishly executed. 38211
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 06/11/2025You could call it a violation of humanitarian law or any one of several other things. But this is not an armed conflict, unless internal legal justification is using that as an excuse (we don’t know, which is also wrong.). War crimes have a definition and words mean things. 5102
Reposted by Blake HerzingerZack Cooper @zackcooper.bsky.social · 11/09/2025After 14 years, I think the time has come to acknowledge that the "Rebalance to Asia" has failed. I've spent the last decade writing and thinking about how to make the rebalance successful, so this is a painful realization. A thread on my new piece for RSIS... 17720
Reposted by Blake HerzingerAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2025Spencer Cox: "I want you look at how Utahns reacted the last two nights. There was no rioting. There was no looting. There were no cars set on fire. There was no violence. There were vigils and prayers and people coming together to share their humanity. And that I believe is the answer to this." 6311113225
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The difference between 12 year old Blake visiting a warship and 42 year old Blake visiting a warship is 30 years. Same excitement. HMAS Sydney, I'll see you tomorrow. 0271
Reposted by Blake HerzingerWar on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Fresh picks for your summer reading list — recommended by our writers, contributing editors, and staff. warontherocks.com/20...warontherocks.comThe 2025 War on the Rocks Summer Fiction Reading List - War on the RocksForget the algorithm — this list was created by the humans who bring you War on the Rocks. Here, they share some of their favorite works of fiction. Kerry 093
Reposted by Blake HerzingerSense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 25/06/2025Taiwan’s defence minister says this year’s Han Kuang military drills will involve largest reservist call-up – AFPbarrons.comTaiwan Says Military Drills Will Involve Largest Call-upTaiwan said Wednesday military drills to be held in July will involve the largest ever mobilisation of reservists for the annual exercises, which are being extended to improve the island's response to... 113
Reposted by Blake HerzingerMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 23/03/2025People have yelled at me for reasons I can't entirely fathom when I've pointed this out before, but both Canada (North Warning System) and Denmark (SSPARS) have incredible leverage; cutting off the feeds from either system would be a six alarm fire in Omaha, Colorado Springs, and elsewhere 316030
Reposted by Blake HerzingerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025First, they came for Mark Zaid's security clearance, and I did not speak out, because I was not Mark Zaid Second, and then, uh, third they continued to keep taking Mark Zaid's security clearance and I was like "WTF man?" 17871108
Reposted by Blake HerzingerKai Thaler @kaimthaler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Firing this many Department of Defense workers at once, who will now desperately need new sources of income, is a huge gift to enterprising foreign intelligence agencies looking for info on the US military and defense sector 15560117
Reposted by Blake HerzingerPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Art of War was a manual for 5th century BC noble failsons to prevent them from losing the entire army to diarrhea. This is why it appeals so much to oligarch failsons of the 21st century AD. 151766440
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 11/02/2025If you see this, post a gif from one of your comfort showsmedia.tenor.coma cartoon of archer holding a camera with the words something something danger zone written below himALT: a cartoon of archer holding a camera with the words something something danger zone written below him 180
Blake Herzinger @bdherzinger.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Unlike many O-4s, I had a strong Resting Skeptical Face before my hinge lobotomy. 1301
Reposted by Blake HerzingerDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 05/02/2025NARRATOR: His power was unchecked. 1115029